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The new Power BI template apps enable Power BI partners to build Power BI apps with little or no coding, and deploy them to any Power BI customer. This article is for Power BI analysts. It explains how you install, customize, and distribute a template app that a Power BI partner created. If you're interested in creating template apps to distribute yourself, see Create a template app in Power BI.

When you install a template app that a Power BI partner has created, you can modify it to meet the needs of your organization, and then distribute it to your colleagues as an app.

Prerequisites

Here are the requirements for installing, customizing, and distributing a template app:

Install a template app

You may receive a link to a template app. Otherwise, you can search AppSource for one that interests you. Either way, after you install it, you can modify it and distribute it to your own organization.

Search AppSource from a browser

In a browser, select this link to open AppSource filtered to Power BI apps:

Search AppSource from the Power BI service

In the left navigation pane in the Power BI service, select Apps > Get apps.

In AppSource, select Apps.

Browse or search for the app, then select Get it now.

In the dialog box, select Install.

If you have a Power BI Pro license, the app is installed with its associated app workspace. You customize the app in the associated workspace.

When installation succeeds, you see a notification that your new app is ready.

Select Go to app.

In Get started with your new app, select one of three options:

Explore app: Basic sample data exploration. Start here to get the look and feel of the app.

Connect data: Change the data source from the sample data to your own data source. You can redefine dataset parameters and data source credentials. See Known limitations in the template apps tips article.

Go to workspace (most advanced option): you can make any changes allowed by the app builder.

Or skip this dialog box and access the associated workspace directly via Workspaces in the left navigation pane.

Before you share it with your coworkers, you'll want to connect to your own data. You may also want to modify the report or dashboard to make it work for your organization. You can also add other reports or dashboards at this point.

Update and distribute the app

After you've updated the app for your organization, you're ready to publish it. The steps are the same as for publishing any other app.

When you've finished customizing, in the workspace list view select Update app in the upper-right corner.

In Details, you can modify the description and background color.

In Content, you can select a landing page, either the dashboard or the report.

In Access, you give access either to selected users or to your whole organization.

Select Update app.

After it's successfully published, you can copy the link and share it with whomever you've given access to. If you've shared it with them, they also see it on the My organization tab in AppSource.